Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4277  ·  IC 4278  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
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M51 - Whirlpool Galaxy, John Dziuba
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M51 - Whirlpool Galaxy

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M51 - Whirlpool Galaxy, John Dziuba
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M51 - Whirlpool Galaxy

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For this image I really had to work hard in PI on some nasty gradients caused by light pollution and moonlight.  This was exacerbated by recent cloudy and windy nights and I rushed to get enough data to play with during the limited weather window that I had.  This really restricted both the data quality and how many frames I could collect in a reasonable amount of time.  I will revisit this project in the future as my processing skills improve and I am able to collect better data.

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M51 - Whirlpool Galaxy, John Dziuba

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